Bot. [med.L., f. Ger. bachbunge, f. bach brook + bunge:—OHG. bungo ‘bulb, swelling’ (Grimm).] A plant growing on the water’s edge; the BROOKLIME (Veronica beccabunga).
1706. Phillips, Becabunga, the Herb Sea-purslain, or Brooklime.
1778. Phil. Trans., LXVIII. 673. Antiscorbutic plants, such as cochlearia,… becca bunga.
